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In the 17th century Cornelis Bontekoe advised people to 'drink fifty or a hundred or two hundred cups at a time'. Some say he was a great believer in its power, others point out that he was paid by the Dutch East Indies Company.

I don't know where the Express gets its third from except by adding together the effects of green tea and coffee, something that the researchers don't do.

The key sentence is 'The drink has developed a reputation for being healthy' meaning people who want to be healthy are more likely to drink it. Those same people are also more likely to exercise, drink less and eat well. It says the research allowed for these confounders but that is very hard to do.

I can only assume that the Express says 'Previous research has shown green tea can also lower the risk of heart disease' because it doesn't want to say that this research did not find a link.

I'm sorry to give a serious reply to a light-hearted thread but it makes me crazy. The media happily misreports scientific stories and, by doing so, devalues scientists in the public mind. That same media then writes about how the UK is failing to develop because not enough young people are studying science at university.

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